Art2019 juror, Myron Beasley
This year’s juror is Myron M. Beasley, Ph.D., a professor at Bates College, artist writer, and international curator. His writing explores the intersection of cultural politics, art and social change. He has been awarded fellowships and grants by the Andy Warhol Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, the Kindling Fund, The Davis Family Foundation, the Ruth Landes Award from the Reed Foundation, and most recently Dorathea and Leo Rabkin Foundation for his ethnographic writing about art and cultural engagement. Some of his recent curatorial projects includes Re.Past:Remembering Malaga (Maine, 2018) , Print Protest Poster (Able Baker Gallery, 2018), Seeing Lewiston (2013), Patience on a Monument: Recent work by Eto Otitigbe (UT, Austin 2016), Raw Material, Dakar’rt (Dakar 2014) The Ghetto Biennale (Haiti, 2009), CAAR Paris (France 2010). His writing has appeared in many academic journals including Liminalities: The Journal of Performance Studies, The Journal of Poverty, Text and Performance Quarterly, Museum & Social Issues, The Journal of Curatorial Studies and Performance Research, Gastronomica.
Past Jurors:
Art2018 – Bethany Engstrom
Photo by Dave Clough Photography
Art2017 – Corey Daniels
Art2016 – Bruce Brown
Photographic portrait by Greta Rybus
Art2015 – Britta Konau
Art2014 – Andy Verzosa
Art2013 – Dan Kany and Bob Keyes
Dan Kany & Bob Keyes reviewing submissions to Art2013 on May 3rd at the Harlow Gallery.
Art2012 – Luc Demers and Amy Stacy Curtis
Art2011 – Véronique Plesch and Margaret Libby
Art2010 –Robert Lash with curatorial consultant Kerstin Gilg
Art2009- Carlton Plummer, A.W.S. and Helen St. Clair
Art2008- Andrea Martens and Ted Julian Arnold
Art2007 – Peter Precourt and Susan Brown Stoddard
Art2006 – Carl Little and Gina Sawin
Art2005 – Karen Adrienne and Colleen Kiely
Art2004 – Susan Bickford
Art2003 – Joel Babb
